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Sunday Storms...And Heat

After overnight flash flooding, more storms are possible today as temperatures soar.

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Updated: 6:27 AM EDT Jul 19, 2015

Sunday Storms...And Heat

After overnight flash flooding, more storms are possible today as temperatures soar.

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Updated: 6:27 AM EDT Jul 19, 2015

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WEBVTT LET'S TALK LOCAL WEATHER.NOW WITH THE ONLY TRI-STATEFORECAST THAT'S INDEPENDENTLYCERTIFIED MOST ACCURATE, HERE'SMETEOROLOGIST JENNIFER SCHACK.WELCOME BACK.WE'RE STARTING OFF WITH OUR WLWTFLOOD WARNING THAT'S BEEN ISSUEDFOR BROWN COUNTY UNTIL 5:15 THISAFTERNOON.SO BECAUSE OF THE OVERNIGHTONGOING RAIN AS WELL AS THENUMEROUS ROADS THAT WERE UNDERWATER AND STILL ARE, THEY'LLCONTINUE THE FLOOD WARNINGTHROUGH THE AFTERNOON.HERE'S THE WLWT RADAR WITH THERAINFALL.IT WAS HEAVY AND WIDESPREAD FORTHE EASTERN HALF OF OUR VIEWINGAREA.NOT ONLY THE FLASH FLOODING,SLOW MOVING HEAVY RAIN, A LOT OFLIGHTNING WITH IT AS WELL.ALL SINKING TO THE SOUTH, COMINGTO AN END ABOUT 3:00 THISMORNING.WE'VE BEEN DRY SINCE THEN.I THINK THE REST OF OUR MORNING,WE'RE DRY.WE DO HAVE THE POTENTIAL FORMORE THUNDERSTORMS TO REFIRETHIS AFTERNOON.BUT AGAIN, HERE'S A LOOK AT THEHEAVY RAIN CAUSING THE FLASHFLOODING CONCERN ONGOING FORSOUTHERN BROWN AS WELL AS THEHEAVY RAINFALL IN EASTERNHAMILTON AND NORTHERN CAMPBELLCOUNTY AROUND MIDNIGHT LASTNIGHT.WE RECEIVED OVER AN INCH AND AHALF OF RAIN IN 20 MINUTES FORDOWNTOWN.SO THERE'S THE HEAVY RAINFALL.HERE AT THE STATION, PICKING UPABOUT AN INCH AND A HALF.BROWN COUNTY RAINFALL, A COUPLEOF EARLIER EVENING STORMS.YOU CAN SEE ABOUT 9:30, THEINTENSE RAINFALL NORTH OFRIPLEY, SLIDING SOUTH ACROSS THEOHIO RIVER AND A FEW MORE BANDSCAME BACK IN ABOUT 2:00 THISMORNING.NOT HELPING THE SITUATION FORTHEM.RIGHT NOW, A DRY SWEEP.WE WILL KEEP IT DRY THROUGH OURMORNING HOURS.DO NOT THINK WE'LL ANTICIPATE --DO NOT ANTICIPATE ANY ADDITIONALRAINFALL ABOUT MIDDAY.AS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON,STORMS REFIRE.THE FLOOD WARNING UNTIL 5:15THIS MORNING, ONLY RIGHT NOW FORBROWN COUNTY.HERE'S A LOOK AT THE WEATHER BUGLOCATIONS.SINCE MIDNIGHT, 1.53 INCHES ATTHE STATION.LUNKEN AIRFIELD, 1.64 INCHES.IT CAME DOWN, A VERY SHORTPERIOD AFTER MIDNIGHT.THE INTENSE RAINFALL.RADISSON IN COVINGTON PICKING UPABOUT 0.8 INCHES.CLEAR SKIES OVERHEAD.WAITING FOR THE SUNRISE.DEPARTING CLOUDS ON THE EASTERNHORIZON.WE SHOULD HAVE QUITE A BIT OFEARLY MORNING SUNSHINE.72 RIGHT NOW.IT IS STILL VERY STICKY OUTTHERE WITH THE DEW POINT IN THEOPPRESSIVE RANGE AT 70.IT WILL CLIMB AGAIN THISAFTERNOON, BACK UP TO AROUND 75,76.ABOUT AS HIGH AS IT GETS AROUNDHERE.THAT INTENSE HEAT INDEX AGAINTHIS AFTERNOON, UP TO NEAR 100.YESTERDAY, IT WAS UP AT 103.NOT ANTICIPATING IT QUITE ASHIGH TODAY SO THEY HAVECANCELLED THE HEAT ADVISORY ANDEXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING.HERE'S THE SATELLITE AND RADARFROM OVERNIGHT RAINFALL LOCALLY.A LULL OVERHEAD.MORE STORMS ARE FIRING ACROSSILLINOIS.THEY WILL SEND CLOUDS INTO OURDIRECTION THIS MORNING .BECAUSE OF THAT, TEMPERATURESWILL BE HELD DOWN A FEW DEGREESTODAY.NOT ABLE TO ACHIEVE THE HEAT WEHAD FROM YESTERDAY.THE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENTFROM THE AFTERNOON WILL KEEPDOWN OUR TEMPERATURES.BY MIDAFTERNOON, A CHANCE FORSTORMS TO FIRE.A FEW MORE TODAY THAN YESTERDAYAFTERNOON.AND THEN AS THE FRONT GETSCLOSER TONIGHT, MORE STORMSREFIRING AND WE'LL KEEP THATCHANCE AROUND MONDAY WITH THEBOUNDARY STILL OVERHEAD.SO WE'RE NOT QUITE DONE WITH ASTORMY SETUP.ALL THUNDERSTORMS, A POTENTIALFOR INTENSE RAINFALL, A LOT OFLIGHTNING AND THE SEVERECOMPONENT MAINLY THE FLASHFLOODING CONCERN AS WELL ASPOTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS.STORM PREDICTION CENTER PUTTINGTHE SLIGHT RISK TO OUR NORTH FORTONIGHT.TODAY INTO TONIGHT.THEN ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGIONFOR MONDAY.WE TOP OUT TODAY AT 91.THE HEAT INDEX EDGING DOWN A FEWDEGREES.IT WILL BE HOT AND HUMID WITHSCATTERED STORMS.73 FOR THE LOW TONIGHT.TOMORROW AT 87, THE BOUNDARYOVERHEAD WILL KEEP STORMSAROUND.IT WILL SWEEP SOUTH OF USTUESDAY MORNING, EXIT THETHUNDERSTORM CHANCE.LOWER HUMIDITY FOR MIDWEEK, DRYCONDITIONS.

Sunday Storms...And Heat

After overnight flash flooding, more storms are possible today as temperatures soar.